Dear Folks, I'm on a roll here regarding the WWII years. During my research of WWII around here I realized that the German Prisoners of War who were imprisoned in the camp at Fort Niagara were used to good advantage. They were sent out on a daily basis to work in the fields and fruit orchards of the local farmers who were suffering from lack of able bodied men because of the war. The POWs were accompanied by only one armed guard. From what I've heard from the local older farmers, the German POWs were hard workers, probably because they had been farmers themselves back in Germany. And as far as I know none of them even attempted to escape. But there was one thing my friend Cora told me when she was in her 90s (she's now 102!). She and her husband Gordon ran a farm here and they depended on the POWs to help with the farm. However, Cora told me that she was appalled when she noticed what one of the Germans had in his lunch box or brown bag that the fort had issued him for lunch. She said that it was a sandwich made of two slices of bread with strips of RAW bacon in between. I admit I was a bit appalled too. That is until I remembered the father of my boyfriend Fred. His parents were born in the area of Switzerland that had very strong German roots and there was one thing that "Pa" really enjoyed. That was raw bacon! So maybe the German POW also thought it was a treat. From what I've heard from the old folks around here who experienced the German POWs who helped them maintain their farms, I've heard only good things about them. They certainly helped supply all of us with fresh vegetables and fruit when so much food was scarce. vee